This is a list of francophone communities in the Canadian province of Ontario . Municipalities with a high percentage of French -speakers in Ontario are listed.
The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.9%, with a total of 493,300 people in Ontario who identify French as their mother tongue. The majority of francophones in Ontario live in eastern and northeastern Ontario. While most communities in these areas have sizeable French minorities, several municipalities have francophone majorities. This list contains municipalities with percentages of francophones higher than the provincial average.
Most such places are designated as French language service areas under the provincial French Language Services Act , meaning that provincial government services must be available in French.
Municipality
Type
County, district, or regional municipality
Total population[1]
Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1]
Alfred and Plantagenet
Township
Prescott and Russell
9,196
74%
Armstrong (Earlton)
Township
Timiskaming
1,216
63%
Black River-Matheson
Township
Cochrane
2,410
32%
Blind River
Town
Algoma
3,549
18%
Bonfield
Township
Nipissing
2,016
29%
Callander
Municipality
Parry Sound
3,864
11%
Casselman
Town
Prescott and Russell
3,275
83%
Champlain
Township
Prescott and Russell
8,573
62%
Clarence-Rockland
City
Prescott and Russell
23,185
68%
Chapleau
Township
Sudbury
2,116
39%
Chisholm
Township
Nipissing
1,263
15%
Cobalt
Town
Timiskaming
1,133
17%
Cochrane
Town
Cochrane
5,340
44%
Cornwall
City
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
46,340
24%
East Ferris
Township
Nipissing
4,512
24%
East Hawkesbury
Township
Prescott and Russell
3,335
61%
Elliot Lake
City
Algoma
11,348
16%
Espanola
Town
Sudbury
5,364
15%
French River
Town
Sudbury
2,442
60%
Greater Sudbury
City
Single-tier municipality
160,770
27%
Greenstone
Town
Thunder Bay
4,724
27%
Hawkesbury
Town
Prescott and Russell
10,551
79%
Hearst
Town
Cochrane
5,090
88%
Hornepayne
Township
Algoma
1,050
14%
Ignace
Township
Kenora
1,202
8%
Iroquois Falls
Town
Cochrane
4,595
43%
Kapuskasing
Town
Cochrane
8,196
70%
Kirkland Lake
Town
Timiskaming
8,493
15%
Lakeshore
Town
Essex
34,546
8%
Manitouwadge
Township
Thunder Bay
2,105
15%
Marathon
Town
Thunder Bay
3,353
10%
Markstay-Warren
Township
Sudbury
2,297
36%
Mattawa
Town
Nipissing
2,023
34%
Moonbeam
Township
Cochrane
1,101
84%
The Nation
Township
Prescott and Russell
11,668
68%
North Bay
City
Nipissing
53,651
14%
North Dundas
Township
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
11,225
8%
North Glengarry
Township
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
10,251
39%
North Stormont
Township
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
6,775
25%
Ottawa
City
single-tier municipality
883,391
15%
Pembroke
City
Renfrew
14,360
7%
Penetanguishene
Town
Simcoe
9,111
11%
Petawawa
Town
Renfrew
15,988
8%
Russell
Township
Prescott and Russell
15,247
45%
Sables-Spanish Rivers
Township
Sudbury
3,075
9%
St. Charles
Town
Sudbury
1,282
47%
Smooth Rock Falls
Town
Cochrane
1,376
71%
South Glengarry
Township
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
13,162
29%
South Stormont
Township
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
12,617
15%
Temiskaming Shores
City
Timiskaming
10,400
31%
Terrace Bay
Township
Thunder Bay
1,471
7%
Timmins
City
Cochrane
43,165
38%
Tiny
Township
Simcoe
11,232
11%
Wawa
Township
Algoma
2,975
19%
Welland
City
Niagara
50,631
11%
West Nipissing
Municipality
Nipissing
14,149
65%
A number of small municipalities (with populations under 1000 people) also have high francophone populations. These include the francophone-majority municipalities of Casey (71%), Dubreuilville (82%), Fauquier-Strickland (78%), Mattice-Val Côté (90%), McGarry (63%), Opasatika (85%), and Val Rita-Harty (80%). Unorganized North Cochrane District also has a French-speaking majority (64%).
Small francophone-minority municipalities include Baldwin (16%), Brethour (9%), Calvin (14%), Coleman (15%), Evanturel (13%), Essa (6%), Gauthier (8%), Harley (40%), Harris (39%), Hilliard (19%), Hudson (18%), James (45%), Kerns (11%), Killarney (13%), Larder Lake (34%), Matachewan (27%), Mattawan (15%), Nairn and Hyman (14%), Temagami (9%), The North Shore (22%), Papineau-Cameron (26%), Thornloe (33%), and White River (18%).
There are also a few small unincorporated communities (governed by local service boards) in Northeastern Ontario with sizeable francophone communities. These include Cartier (29%), Foleyet (26%), Gogama (56%), Jogues (91%), Sultan (40%) and Thorne (43%).
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